Description

8tracks is the best playlist radio app for people who care about music to make & discover refreshingly human playlists.

Want a music player to help you listen to a playlist for a study, workout, yoga, or dating session? Looking for free music to stream like radio? 8tracks is the top music app to discover independent hip hop, EDM, indie rock, dubstep, jazz and many more genres. Choose from nearly 2 million free playlists, each lovingly handcrafted by a real-life human being who listens to music as much as you. Enjoy millions of free songs curated by people around the world.

What’s different:

- Free radio app- Audio ad free, pure uninterrupted streaming radio unlike Pandora- Music community sharing and discovering new indie songs - Creative playlists with a “soul” behind the music- Music discovery for every imaginable genre, mood, or activity worldwide- Less repetition- YouTube integration

Join 8tracks’ global community of 8 million monthly listeners and DJs. Stream for free today.

New in 3.3:✓ Mama got a new look, trying to get our sexy on with a slightly new look✓ Told some bugs to get lost and never show their sorry faces in this town again

New in 3.2:✓ Slightly updated material design, slightly sexier app✓ Now displaying artist info so you can learn more about the people behind the music you love✓ Favorite tracks from your notification screen so you don’t even have to go back into the app to show some love✓ Onboarding screens where we lovingly teach you how to lovingly use the app that loves you back✓ Told some bugs to get lost and never show their sorry faces in this town again

New in 3.1:✓ We added Chromecast support, so now you can beam 8tracks playlists to your TV Starship Enterprise-style.✓ Those bugs that were giving you trouble? We told ‘em to scram!✓ You can once again sort by trending, newest, and popular. We’re giving the power back to the people.

Reviews

4.3

73,289 total

5 44,797

4 15,215

3 5,770

2 2,832

1 4,675

No more unlimited listening I loved this app, I used it as my primary way of listening to music. But now unless I pay there is only 2 hour a week of listening. There is no way, I use more than that in a day. Especially during finals. I don't want to see 8tracks die, but I'm going to have to get my music somewhere else and I'm guessing a lot of other people will too

Kacie gasaway

Used 8tracks for years I have been an avid listener for years, talking it up to people who haven't ever heard of it. I was surprised this morning to find my music was capped to 30 minutes a week unless I upgrade. I was alright with their addition to ads because hey, we all gotta make money. So now I'm switching to another free streaming service.

Jessie Stanley

Disappointed I have been listening for years. I was cool with the ads because I get it you need to make money but to limit the time you can listen is so not cool. I loved this app for just that that I could listen however long I wanted. If you guys need more money up the ads don't limit the music that was why 8track was different then the rest now it's just another money sucking app. Goodbye my old friend goodbye. 😔

Sly Fox

Listening cap and forcing subscription They recently put a listening cap on 8tracks. One that only resets once the week is over and only allows 2 hours of listening per week. The only way around the cap is to buy a monthly($5) or yearly($30) subscription. Two hours is too low of a listening time. People will be lucky to get 2-4 playlists listened to. All in all, I am beyond disappointed and will discontinue use of 8tracks for these super limited changes.

Camille Cortez

Used to be great This was my absolute favorite app to listen to music a few years ago. When it started getting ads I didn't mind too much but recently they've begun only allowing 30 minutes of free streaming a week unless you pay for a subscription. If I'm going to pay for something I'd rather get Spotify as it's basically the same thing with better features.

Cori W

Used to be my favorite site / app If you spend hours putting together a playlist someone can only hear it once, worse yet if they forget to like a song the tracks are immediately hidden and then they are not allowed to listen again or see the tracks until the next day. I can just listen to these songs on repeat for free on youtube, why waste my time with this frustration. Before the new 'regulations' & updates 8tracks was a full 5+ stars, now it's just another disappointment. EDIT Found out now you can only listen 2 HOURS a week= uninstall

User reviews

December 2, 2016

No more unlimited listening I loved this app, I used it as my primary way of listening to music. But now unless I pay there is only 2 hour a week of listening. There is no way, I use more than that in a day. Especially during finals. I don't want to see 8tracks die, but I'm going to have to get my music somewhere else and I'm guessing a lot of other people will too

Used 8tracks for years I have been an avid listener for years, talking it up to people who haven't ever heard of it. I was surprised this morning to find my music was capped to 30 minutes a week unless I upgrade. I was alright with their addition to ads because hey, we all gotta make money. So now I'm switching to another free streaming service.

Disappointed I have been listening for years. I was cool with the ads because I get it you need to make money but to limit the time you can listen is so not cool. I loved this app for just that that I could listen however long I wanted. If you guys need more money up the ads don't limit the music that was why 8track was different then the rest now it's just another money sucking app. Goodbye my old friend goodbye. 😔

Listening cap and forcing subscription They recently put a listening cap on 8tracks. One that only resets once the week is over and only allows 2 hours of listening per week. The only way around the cap is to buy a monthly($5) or yearly($30) subscription. Two hours is too low of a listening time. People will be lucky to get 2-4 playlists listened to. All in all, I am beyond disappointed and will discontinue use of 8tracks for these super limited changes.

Used to be great This was my absolute favorite app to listen to music a few years ago. When it started getting ads I didn't mind too much but recently they've begun only allowing 30 minutes of free streaming a week unless you pay for a subscription. If I'm going to pay for something I'd rather get Spotify as it's basically the same thing with better features.

Used to be my favorite site / app If you spend hours putting together a playlist someone can only hear it once, worse yet if they forget to like a song the tracks are immediately hidden and then they are not allowed to listen again or see the tracks until the next day. I can just listen to these songs on repeat for free on youtube, why waste my time with this frustration. Before the new 'regulations' & updates 8tracks was a full 5+ stars, now it's just another disappointment. EDIT Found out now you can only listen 2 HOURS a week= uninstall

Used to be great I've used this app for years and loved it. Now that it sold out it's horrible. The limits on your music suck, the ads that play over music suck. I think it's time to find something else. You had a good run 8tracks

By far the best collection of playlists. I love this app and am an avid user. Love listening to people's playlists and choices. Btw, there's some issue with the notification widget in the recent update. Play/Pause doesn't seem to work as it should. It'd be appreciated if this bug is fixed soon.

Mildly irritated The ads play over the actual music instead of pausing it, which is confusing and annoying. Also the whole 8tracks Plus BS is lowering my appreciation for a music app that I previously enjoyed.

Dissapointed I used to love 8tracks, but this app bugs out on me VERY regularly, and has been for over a year (despite switching phones.) Plus the new stupid idea to force you to pay to listen to more than an hour or two of music. 8tracks is really deadset on making their site and app as unusable and unappealing as possible, so like a lot of people I'll be looking for a replacement :/

The 2 hour limit per week is ridiculous & anyone can easily pass that, the ads playing over the music is frustrating, and the lack to pause/play unless in the app is a waste of time. I feel a lack of wanting to use this amazing app now that it is infuriating to use.

Very disappointed... I loved 8tracks as a concept and used to use it regularly. I've discovered tons of great music and have written many papers and studied for many tests using playlists that I found on it. It was my go to for music for productivity but 30 minutes of listening per WEEK is just insultingly low. Most mixes are at least twice that long. I don't see myself buying the premium service so I'll have to find an alternative.

I take back everything ive ever said I used to love 8tracks until they decided to charge me for services i used to get for free. A weekly listening restriction is absurd and i will not be upgrading and supporting this app any longer

I used to really love 8tracks cause of how great these playlists were, but now it's just a mix of the playlists skipping constantly even when I'm connected to really solid wifi and not being able to listen to playlists cause I've "already listened to it" even when I've just found the playlist. The whole 12 hour free listening thing for the entire week unless you pay up was just the last straw tbh. We get it that it's expensive to run a streaming site, but when you promise a free streaming site that mainly runs on user content, don't alienate the users. Long story short, I'm not only uninstalling the app but I'm deleting my account.

Good, needs work Good service and quality, good ui, but some bugs that need squashing, ex: pause button from the pull down menu player doesn't pause, meaning you need to go back into the actual app to pause. Besides a few bugs that are annoyances, it's pretty good.

Doesn't follow chosen output If you choose Bluetooth or headphones as the output before launching app, it ignores it and plays to the internal speaker. This is very annoying and has disturbed those around me on several occasions. Why should it do this?

Wow, there are so many routes 8tracks could have taken if they needed more revenue. Instead they completely shut you out if you've listened to more than 4 HOURS in a WEEK. How insane is that?? I've been listening to 8tracks for years, and for the first time I'm going elsewhere to stream music. 8tracks was my choice above Pandora and Spotify, but not anymore. Lots of websites are fighting ad blocking by making it mandatory for the user to allow ads when viewing the site. I don't understand why this had to be the route taken.

no unlimited music? bye only two hours a WEEK? the price isn't really worth the service and free isn't worth it either. I can't listen to a full playlist of what I like by this. it sucks too. this used to be my favorite music app.

No subscription yet Once you do implement it I'm done. People love your website but can't do the ads because you guys do not regulate them. I whitelisted your website bc I appreciate u guys and want u getting paid. I'm instantly met with ads that talk over the music that are hard to turn off. u can't have that. I'll watch ad videos every few songs, I'll take surveys, whatever. u have to control your ads though. But yea once you switch over to a full subscription model I'm bouncing. Your music isn't worth that much to me.

Great app, but... Been using this for over a year, but seems lime with the latest update it doesnt repond to some buttons. Only if the app is full screen do the buttons work. Removed and re-added but same result. Its the lock screen controls that others have mentioned...

I have used this app for years and loved it. Now that you can only listen to 1 hour of free music, I don't think I will be continuing with the service. Also, it is still advertised as free and "Ad free" which just isn't true. The ads I didn't mind. The fact that it went from free unlimited to 1 hour free I do have an issue with. It essentially makes everyone have to pay for a month if they would like to use 8tracks.

...Long gone and yet to be. It has/had? potential Even with the recent time limit due to issues the business model had in generating revenue I still thoroughly enjoyed the format 8tracks has going for it. I had recently uninstalled it because I didn't think I'd be getting much use from a mere 30 minutes unless I upgrade(If it's still around then maybe) Im hoping its creators can turn this ship around and restore it to what it used to be. All of the fanmixes hold a lot of memories for me even with the mass user exodus I'd like to stick around till the end